2005 Ford Mustang Structure

WHENEVER IT RAINS MY 05' MUSTANG CV ACCUMULATES ABOUT AN INCH OF WATER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND IT TAKES FOREVER TO DRY OUT. THE CV TOP IS BRAND NEW AND DOES NOT LEAK AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. I'VE SEEN OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS ON A FEW DIFFERENT BLOGS ONLINE. WHAT'S THE DEAL? *TR

DURING THE RAISING OF MY CONVERTIBLE TOP THE MECHANISM FAILED LEAVING THE TOP HALF WAY UP. THE DAMAGE IS SO BAD THE TOP WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN. THE DEALER SAYS IT WILL COST $6,000 TO REPAIR. THE CAR IS A 2005 AND HAS ONLY 43,000 MILES AND THE TOP HAS NOT BEEN CYCLED THAT MANY TIMES. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THE TOP. I FEEL THAT THIS FAILURE HAS OCCURRED VERY EARLY IN THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE AND THE COST OF REPAIR IS 1/2 THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. I DID NOT ABUSE THE TOP BECAUSE THE RAISING AND LOWERING IS ALL AUTOMATIC AND CAN NOT BE ABUSED. *TR

2005 MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE. 6 MONTHS OLD 3,000 MILES ON IT..PRESSING BUTTON TO PUT UP TOP AND SOMETHING SNAPPED COMES TO FIND OUT THE BRACKET CONNECTED TO THE MOTOR SNAPPED IN HALF. AN ENGINEER CAME OUT AND MADE NOTATION OF THIS. THE ENTIRE FRAME WAS REPLACED. NO RENTAL CAR OFFERED AND CAR WAS GONE FOR ABOUT 10 DAYS. CAN YOU SAY CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!!!!!:( AS FOR THE AC/HEAT CONSTANT CLICKING NOISE HEARD EVERY 30 SECONDS.DEALERSHIP SAY THIS IS NORMAL . I MAY BE A WOMEN BUT COME ON...FESS UP...WE PAY ALOT OF MONEY FOR A VEHICLE WE SHOULD NOT BE GOING THROUGH THIS. *JB

DT: 2005, FORD, MUSTANG. CONSUMER CANNOT READ INSTRUMENT ON A SUNNY DAY WITH SUN GLASSES. CONSUMER SAYS DEALER KNOWS ABOUT PROBLEM, BUT HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT. INSTRUMENTS\ PANEL IS ENCLOSED IN A DEEP TUBE TYPE PANEL, AND BECAUSE OF THIS CANNOT GET ENOUGH LIGHT TO BE VISIBLE. *AK

DT: THE LATCH THAT HOLDS THE CONVERTIBLE TOP ONTO WINDSHIELD CAME LOOSE AND UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH. THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WENT BACKWARD, NO DEBRIS CAME OFF, BUT PAPERS FLEW OUT OF CAR. DEALER REPORTED THAT THE CONVERTIBLE LATCH MUST NOT HAVE NOT HAVE BEEN LATCHED. NO REPAIR YET, DEALER HAS THE VEHICLE. VERY WINDY OUTSIDE, HEADING INTO A HEAD WIND WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED. VEHICLE H HAD NO OTHER PROBLEMS, AND THERE WAS NO WARNING.*AK

DT: THE CONSUMER HAS 2005 FORD MUSTANG. WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING SOUTH FROM GRASS VALLEY DURING THE DAY, HE COULD NOT SEE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BEING LOCATED TOO FAR INTO THE DASHBOARD. THE CONSUMER SAID THAT AT NIGHT HE COULD SEE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FINE. IF THE VEHICLE PASSED INTO SOME TYPE OF SHADE DURING THE DAY THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD BECOME VISIBLE. THE CONSUMER SAYS THAT HE JUST GOT OFF OF HIGHWAY STATE ROUTE 49 AND NOTICED THAT WHEN TRAVELING WITH THE SUN BEHIND OR IN FRONT, HE COULD NOT SEE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ANYTIME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHADED THE INSTRUMENTS COULD NOT BE SEEN EASILY. THIS WAS A SAFETY PROBLEM DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT SPEED THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT. WHEN CHANGING SPEED ZONES, NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT SPEED VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT CAUSED THE ISSUE. *AK *SC

PASSENGER DOOR WAS DIFFERENT COLOR THAN REST OF VEHICLE. DEALER TRIED TO REPAINT BUT SCREWED UP NOW VEHICLE HAS SERIOS PAINT FLAWS

WHILE DRIVING A NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE HOOD WILL SHAKE. ON WINDING DAYS THE HOOD WILL VIBRATE AND TWIST VIOLENTLY. THE HOOD LATCH AND HINGES ARE TIGHT. HOOD IS MADE OF THIN ALUMINUM AND IS TO FLIMSY TO TOLERATE THE WIND LOAD. WITH TIME I BELIEVE HINGES WILL LOOSEN AND THE PROBLEM WILL WORSEN. *NM

THE TUNNEL DOWN THE CENTER OF THE CAR GETS EXTREMELY HOT AT THE FRONT OF THE TUNNEL NEAR THE PEDALS. WHEN THE BARE METAL OF THE TUNNEL IS TOUCHED IT IS HOT ENOUGH TO INDUCE A BURN. DEALER CONTACTED FORD AND TOLD ME IT WAS "NORMAL". AS THE PLASTICS AND CARPETING TOUCHING THE TUNNEL AGE, I AM CONCERNED THIS MAY PRESENT A FIRE HAZARD. AFTER REVIEWING POSTS ON TWO MUSTANG FORUMS, OTHERS APPARENTLY HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AS WELL. THE CAR IS A GT V8 WITH A MANUAL 5-SPEED TRANSMISSION. *JB